Silvermine
Fiber 2020
April 4 -June 13, 2020
Cover Artist | Mo Kelman
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FIBER 2020 – Curator Statement As a museum curator, the bulk of my efforts center on internal projects, affording limited opportunities to expand my curatorial lens outside the institution’s walls. And so, when I was invited by Roger Mudre to jury the Fiber 2020 exhibition, I happily accepted. Many thanks go to Roger and the entire team at Silvermine Arts Center for this opportunity to explore today’s vibrant fiber art ecosystem. When curating an open call exhibition like Fiber 2020, I aim for a balanced group of artworks that will be in dialogue with each other, that will collectively activate the gallery, and that will offer ample opportunities for audience engagement. I look for objects with a strong point of view, ones that are visually arresting and invite deeper discovery. But above all else, I seek those special works that artfully unify content, material, and technique. This union is the “special sauce,” and the submissions for Fiber 2020 delivered in countless ways. The objects in Fiber 2020 span a broad spectrum—from wearable and functional to political and sculptural—and they all demonstrate a drive to pursue new avenues of making. Some works innovate with material to comment on today’s sociopolitical issues or to respond to our natural environment. Others demonstrate a profound engagement with fiber, propelled by a desire to understand how the media can best serve their specific expressions. Still more honor past craft traditions with fresh takes on time-honored techniques. As a microcosm of the broader fiber arts field, Fiber 2020 is an impressive group of works that clearly demonstrates the strength and vitality of global textile arts and design. Visitors to the exhibition can expect to be moved by what they see as they bear witness to the power of fiber to capture today’s material culture. Beth C. McLaughlin, Chief Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA.
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Christine Aaron Larchmont, NY
Confluence III Burnt drawing with handstitching on indigo dyed gampi, 16.5" x 15.5", $1,200 5
Liz Alpert Fay
Sandy Hook, CT
Striped Bees and Polkadot Trees 6
Punch needle embroidery, silk, cotton, rayon and metallic threads mounted on linen, 32.25" x 32.25", $6,000
Sasha Baskin
Baltimore, MD
Jenny, Rejected Cotton and silk thread, natural dye, and screenshot, 50" x 43", $1,500 7
Meg Bloom
New Haven, CT
Whirl Kozo and wire, 60” x 48” x 48”, $3,000 8
Deborah Boschert Lewisville, TX
Conversations Art quilt collage, 40”x 40”, $2,400 9
Eva Camacho-Sanchez Florence, MA
New Era Wet felting and hand-stitching, 12"x 26", $2,500 10
Ann Cofta
Woodside, NY
Long Island City (Night) Fabric with hand quilting, embroidery, and appliquĂŠ, 18" x 18", $3000 11
Delaney Conner New York, NY
Visage 4 Punch needle, 24" x 18", $1,450 12
Delaney Conner New York, NY
Visage 3 Punch needle, 24" x 18", $1,450 13
Jennifer Coyne Qudeen Redding, CT
The Village at Dusk Monoprint on recycled tea bags and machine stitching, 22� x 36�, $1,550 14
Peggy Dembicer Avon, CT
Central Figure in an Investigation Beadweaving with macramĂŠ and metal tangs, 20" x 16", $25,000 15
Cheri Dunnigan Naples, FL
Vortex Sterling silver and pearls, 8” x 10” x 4”, $7,000 16
Kimberly English Forsyth, GA
Surrogate Found placemat and thread, 54” x 24” x 24”, $850 17
Francine Evan Norwalk, CT
Hooked IV Fiber, 28"x 19", $1,750 18
Teri Figliuzzi New York, NY
Riverside Woven wet cyanotype digital prints stitched with metallic thread , 19" x 15", $750 19
Leslie Giuliani Weston, CT
Embroidery 1 Embroidery on paper , 10” x 8” ,$150 20
Leslie Giuliani Weston, CT
Embroidery 2 Embroidery on paper, 8” x 10”, $150 21
Leslie Giuliani Weston, CT
Embroidery 3 Embroidery on paper, 10” x 8”, $150 22
SE Gilchrist
Livingston, TX
Untitled I Cotton thread, 17” x 11”, 1,275 23
Kay Healy
Philadelphia, PA
Brittany's Flights, Guam to US Screen print, acrylic on cotton and poly batting, 24" x 54" x 2", $2,000 24
Fran Henry-Meehan Southport, CT
Untitled Monotype, 30” x 22”, $750 25
Dani Ives
Rogers, AR
Portrait of a Hippo & Her Oxpecker Companion Needle felted wool fibers on linen fabric, 28"x 24" , $6,500 26
Ruth Jeyaveeran Brooklyn, NY
What Came Before Merino wool, mohair/silk yarn, and linen thread, 96” x 96” x 8”, $8,000 27
Mo Kelman
Providence, RI
Cloud and the Space Between 28
Mixed media, shibori-dyed, shaped silk, wood, steel wire,cordage, and nails 44" x 81" x 15.5", $5,500
Natalya Khorover Pleasantville, NY
Iron Vessel Enough Repurposed single-use plastic and stitched, 18�x 18�, $1,280 29
Sandra Lauterbach Los Angeles, CA
Red Jasmine Textile with machine stitching, 31� x 33�, $1,400 30
June Lee
Philadelphia, PA
Weight of Human Thread on resin cast and sculpy, 24”x 13”x 12", $20,000 31
June Lee
Philadelphia, PA
Today as History of Tomorrow Thread on ceramic and hand painting, 11”x 9” x 15", $4,500 32
Mary Ann Lomanco Larchmont, NY
Mop with Clothespins Dyed cotton kitchen mop, mini clothes pins, glass beads, wooden dowels, and satin ribbon, 24" x 14" x 9�, $4,500
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Elaine Longtemps Brooklyn, NY
Trail of Tears-The Long Walk Rope, paint, printed text, fabric, beads, and feathers, 53" x 29" x 43, $3,500 34
Kari Lonning
Ridgefield, CT
Giant Round and Hairy Dyed rattan reed, and encaustic medium, 10” x 13” x 13”, $4,000 35
Melissa Lusk & McCrystle Wood Cincinnati, OH
Samba Wool and linen, 65.5” x 30”, $4,500 36
Saberah Malik Warwick, RI
Habitats Unknown Polyester fabrics, dried leaves, 5” x12” x 12”, $2,200 37
Tara Marchionna Brooklyn, NY
Prairie Storm I Cotton fiber and dye, 28"x 37", $1,800 38
Ruben Marroquin Bridgeport, CT
View from Norwalk Embroidery over Belgium linen, 48” x 35”, $5,000 39
Juliet Martin Brooklyn, NY
Rosy Hand-woven fabric and inkjet fabric prints, 20� x 16", $250 40
Kathrine McClelland San Francisco, CA
Hairflip Felted wool, 19"x 24", $2,000 41
Julia Mitchell
West Tisbury, MA
Grass Triptych Wool, silk and linen tapestry, 58" x 88", $30,000 42
Kate Narker
San Francisco, CA
The Horse Emotion Jacquard woven cotton, 70” x 46” x 2”, $4,000 43
Ellen November
San Luis Obispo, CA
Santa Monica Fiber incorporating upcycled materials, 23” x 30”, $795 44
Ellen Ramsey Seattle, WA
Obi I Wool, silk, rayon, and cotton , 42” x 36” x 2” , $3,750 45
Sage Reynolds
Staten Island, NY
It All Adds Up Paper tapestry, 28.75" x 22.5", $625 46
Sage Reynolds
Staten Island, NY
Red Fish Paper tapestry, 19.25" x 27.25", $550 47
Michael Rohde
Thousand Oaks, CA
Enough Tapestry handwoven with alpaca and cochineal, 46” x 35”, $5,000 48
Theda Sandiford Union City, NJ
Caribbean Friendship Bracelet Mixed media cotton rope, yarn, chenille and recycled sari silk, 96”x 12”x 12”, $4,500
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Ellen Schiffman Weston, CT
Resilience Cotton twill tape, 40”x 34”, $4,200 50
Rebecca Schnopp Cambridge, MA
I have found you, but we will still die Lemons, thread and needles, 16” x 26” x 3”, $1,000 51
Karen Schulz
Silver Spring, MD
Objects in this Mirror Cotton fabric, 67”x 70” , $9,000 52
Adrienne Shishko Brookline, MA
Triptych 2 Fiber, wood, and metal, 78" x 44" x 39", $3,200 53
Arle Sklar-Weinstein
Hastings on Hudson, NY
Emergent I : Fertile Fields Fiber; 3-D quilt form, 40”x 40” x 3”, $1,595 54
Gerri Spilka
Philadelphia, PA
Wave Riding in the Delaware Procion mix dye printed, painted, and machine quilted, 94� x 46�, $6,000 55
Missy Stevens
Washington, CT
Protective Garment Thread, beads, and velvet, 14.5” x 16.5” x 3”, $5,000 56
Missy Stevens
Washington, CT
Seen & Received, An Almanac Thread, fabric, wire, and beads, 44.5” x 57” x 2", $24,000 57
Caron Tabb Newton, MA
My (un)Comfort Zone Mixed media: newspaper, chicken wire, and safety pins, 35” x 47” x 68”, $12,000 58
Mary Tooley Parker
Yorktown Heights, NY
Home Yarn, silk, roving, metallic ribbon, hand dyed wool, and other fibers on a linen foundation , 27�x 28.5�, $900
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Kurt Treeby Buffalo, NY
Disposable: Best Products Peel Project Plastic canvas, yarn, and tissue box, 5.5” x 20” x 22”, $1,000 60
Betty Vera
North Adams, MA
Glow (Ascending) Cotton and Jacquard tapestry, 59”x 47”, $9,000 61
Regina Vorgang Ventura, CA
Life Lines Table Runner 18 Handwoven churro wool, 44" x 20", $690 62
Jenny Walker Avon, CT
To Be Honest Embroidery on fabric with text from Craigslist, 23” x 14”, $2,000 63
Caroline Wayne Cambridge, MA
Holding Pattern (Formerly Tickbait) Felt, glass beads, and faux pearls, 9" x 16" x 16", $9,250 64
Invited Artists
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Roz Chast
Ridgefield, CT
Bird at Home Hand-hooked rug, wool, burlap, 22” x 27”, NFS 66
Helena Hernmarck Ridgefield, CT
Wool Illusion, 2016 Wool, linen, cotton, plastic, 35 1/2” x 35”, NFS 67
Norma Minkowitz Westport, CT
My Star Crochet, stitching, 21.4” x 23.75”, $4,000 68
Norma Minkowitz Westport, CT
From The Ashes Sculpture, 24” x 20” x 20”, $12,000 69
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Board Of Trustees Chair Rose-Marie Fox Vice Chair Barbara Linarducci* Secretary Rob Mallozzi Treasurer Grace Tang Board Members Mark Carta Stephanie Joyce William Hilson Joseph J. Kais Emily McDermott Karen Neems Guild Co-Chairs Roger Mudre* Jon Puzzuoli * Ex-Officio Honorary Board Cynthia Guest Sally Sheehy Leonard Tow Diana Wege
Gallery Staff Gallery Director Roger Mudre roger@silvermineart.org 203.966.9700 x26 Gallery Assistant Emily Bockisch Gallery Associates Janet Morris Teresa Gay Leslie Cullen
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